English Russian alphabet for children. English alphabet

English alphabet is the foundation of the English language. If you are just starting to learn English, then the first thing you need to do is learn the English alphabet ( english alphabet), which consists of only 26 letters. Moreover, it has only 5 letters for vowels, and 21 letters for consonants.

English alphabet with transcription and spelling with pronunciation for beginners with translation into Russian.

Vowels include the letters A, E, I, O, U;
to consonants - B, C, D, F, G, H, J, K, L, M, N, P, Q, R, S, T, V, W, X, Y, Z.

Note: The letter Y is also sometimes treated as a vowel.

The history of the English alphabet is very interesting. English writing appeared already in the 5th century AD. And initially, special Anglo-Saxon runes were used for recording, which were not easy to write. In connection with the arrival of Christian missionaries from the 7th century, the runes were gradually replaced by Latin letters. Also, everyone knows the special pronunciation of English letters, and therefore special transcription characters are required.
For beginners, the English alphabet with translation into Russian will be very useful.

In the table you can see both the English version of the transcription and the translation of this transcription into Russian.

We bring to your attention the alphabet of the English language with transcription and Russian pronunciation:

English alphabet for children.

You can also see below the English alphabet in pictures:

English alphabet in words.

Words for each letter of the English alphabet:

a - alphabet, abc
b - backward
c - city
d - day
e-English
f-foreign
g - German
h-help
i - international
j - joke
k - kid, key
l - letter, latin
m - mother
n - number
o - order
p-pony
q-quiz
r - rhyme
s - song, sound
t - train, test
u - unit
v-video
w - work
x-xenon
y - youtube, you
z-zoo

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Learning any foreign language, including English, suggests that first of all you must learn the English alphabet. An alphabet is a collection of letters arranged in a specific order. Letters are the basis of many languages. Words, phrases and sentences are already made up of them, of which our communication consists. blocks with the English alphabet Knowing the English alphabet will help you feel more confident. For example, foreigners, when they do not understand a particular word, are asked to spell it out. Most often they ask for names and surnames. Therefore, it is important to know by heart not only the letters of the English alphabet, but also how they are pronounced correctly.

Below is a table of letters of the modern English alphabet. This table is equipped with Russian and English transcription. You can download it to your computer and print it out so that it is more convenient to learn and repeat the alphabet at any time.

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The English language has been written since the fifth century AD. There used to be only 23 letters in the English alphabet. New ones gradually came - these are Y, J, W. Modern English takes the Latin alphabet as the basis and currently consists of 26 letters that represent 6 vowels - A, E, I, O, U, Y, and 20 consonants sounds - B, C, D, F, G, H, J, K, L, M, N, P, Q, R, S, T, V, W, X, Z.

By the way, Y can represent both a consonant and a vowel. The letter W denotes a consonant sound, but is used only in combination with other sounds. In fact, the number of sounds in this language exceeds the number of letters in it. Also, in Russian there are no such sounds that would be pronounced with a breath, and the sounds of the English language are almost all pronounced with a breath.

It is worth noting that there are some differences in British and American pronunciations. For example, in the UK, the letter Z is called "zed", and in America - "zi". E and T are most common in English, and Z and Q are the least common.

English is also known for having digraphs. These are signs that denote the fusion of two letters into one sound.

How do I open transcription

Transcription refers to what is enclosed in square brackets. This is a graphical record of how the letters should be pronounced. Transcription is always written with special characters in square brackets. The stress is placed before the stressed syllable. Transcription will help you a lot in your further study of English, because in this language there are significant differences between how a word is written and how it is read.

At the initial stage, the presence of Russian transcription will make your life easier. However, if you decide to learn English seriously, then you should also learn transcription, because only it will be used further.

Further transcription will come across to you, mainly in dictionaries, because the pronunciation of words is also recorded using transcription. And if in the future you have doubts about how a word is read, then the best way out is to check the dictionary. English alphabet with transcription

Dear reader, if before learning English you got acquainted with the names of Latin letters in chemistry or physics ( H 2 O - "ASH-Two-O", mv 2 /2 - "EM-VE Square in Half") or at least when playing chess ( e2-e4 - "E Two - E Four"), then the transcription of English letters may have become an unpleasant surprise for you.

Out of habit, such names of English letters as A - "hey", E - "and", I - "ay" and R - "a"(in the latter case the sound " R"although it is implied, it is very often not pronounced or pronounced very quietly). And the Latin letter W, which in Russian is traditionally called " double-ve", in English called " double", that is " double U", although its bottom edge in the printed image has two sharp, not rounded protrusions. This was because in the old days U and V did not differ. And there are also differences between American, British and Scottish English, between official speech and colloquial.

And still not to be confused with G - "ji", J - "jay" and H - "h", and explain to especially gifted telephone interlocutors that "pi"- this is P, not a Greek letter π (the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter ( ≈3,14 ), while π pronounce in english "share".

Perfect automatic knowledge of the names of English letters is a very important skill that should not be neglected when learning English. Why is this necessary, isn't it better to work out with grammar or expand your vocabulary? But the pronunciation of letters is not theoretical phonetics divorced from life. The fact is that English abbreviations are almost always spelled, and you may also be asked to spell your name or some letter code ( "Could you spell your name, please?" ).

And if you do not know the names of the letters, then you will have to blush and mumble something unintelligible. And some English abbreviations entered the Russian language with incorrect pronunciation, for example VIP should be pronounced like "wee-ah-pee", but already rooted in Russian as "VIP". When abbreviations have several identical letters in a row, they are often pronounced using the words "double-" ("double") and triple- ("triple"), for example, when you need to give an address on the Internet, www pronounced "triple double-u".

But what if you need to pronounce some letter code in radio traffic in the airspace, or at sea? It is impossible to allow misunderstanding and hitches in the negotiations of pilots and air traffic controllers, or in negotiations between the English-speaking military and their non-English-speaking allies, so that the artilleryman does not mix up the code for the square "i" how "e".

To avoid ambiguity or misunderstanding, a code is used to represent letters with words, known as "NATO code"(phonetic alphabet of the International Civil Aviation Organization ICAO). Surprisingly, even this code has flaws in certain situations, which is why in some cases the names of the letters in it had to be replaced.

And if you want the English alphabet with transcription to scroll unobtrusively before your eyes every time you go to Yandex, then you can install a Yandex widget for yourself that will scroll through the letters of the alphabet forward, backward or randomly.

There are 26 letters in English. In different combinations and positions, they represent 44 sounds.
In English, 24 consonants are distinguished, and they are transmitted in writing by 20 letters: Bb; cc; Dd; ff; Gg ; hh; Jj; kk; LI; mm; Nn; pp; Qq; Rr; Ss; Tt; vv; ww; xx; Zz.
In English, 12 vowels and 8 diphthongs are distinguished, and they are transmitted in writing by 6 letters: Aa; ee; li; Oh; Uu; Yy.

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Transcription and stress

Phonetic transcription is an international system of signs used to show exactly how words should be pronounced. Each sound is displayed with a separate icon. These icons are always written in square brackets.
In transcription, verbal stress is indicated (which syllable in the word is stressed). accent sign [‘] placed before the stressed syllable.

English consonants

Features of English consonants
1. English consonants transmitted by letters b, f, g, m, s, v, z, close in pronunciation to the corresponding Russian consonants, but should sound more energetic and tense.
2. English consonants are not softened.
3. Voiced consonants are never stunned - neither before voiceless consonants, nor at the end of a word.
4. Double consonants, that is, two identical consonants side by side, are always pronounced as one sound.
5. Some English consonants are aspirated: the tip of the tongue must be pressed firmly against the alveoli (the bumps where the teeth attach to the gum). Then the air between the tongue and teeth will pass with effort, and you will get a noise (explosion), that is, aspiration.

Rules for reading consonants in English:,

English vowel sounds

The reading of each vowel depends on:
1. from other letters standing next to it, in front of it or behind it;
2. from being in a shock or unstressed position.

Rules for reading vowels in English:,